Blather

English

Alternative forms

• blether (Scotland, Northern England)

Etymology

From Old Norse blaðra. To check: Latin blaterāre, present active infinitive of blaterō; onomatopoeia from the sound uttered by a camel.

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA: /blæðə(r)/ SAMPA: /bl{D@(r)/

  Rhymes: -æðə(r)

Verb

Blather (third-person singular simple present Blathers, present participle Blathering, simple past and past participle Blathered)

1. (pejorative) to talk rapidly without making much sense

Derived terms

• blatherer

Noun

Blather (uncountable)

1. (pejorative) nonsensical or foolish talk

Synonyms

• See also Thesaurus:chatter

Thesaurus

absurdity, amphigory, babble, babblement, balderdash, bavardage, be stupid, bibble-babble, blab, blabber, blah-blah, blatherskite, blether, blethers, blither, bombast, bosh, bull, bullshit, bunkum, burble, cackle, caquet, caqueterie, chat, chatter, chitter-chatter, clack, claptrap, clatter, dither, dote, double-talk, drivel, drool, fiddle-faddle, fiddledeedee, flapdoodle, flimflam, flummery, folderol, fudge, fustian, gab, gabble, galimatias, gammon, gas, gibber, gibberish, gibble-gabble, go on, gobbledygook, gossip, guff, gush, haver, hocus-pocus, hokum, hot air, humbug, idle talk, jabber, jargon, jaw, jazz, malarkey, maunder, mere talk, mumbo jumbo, narrishkeit, natter, niaiserie, nonsense, nonsense talk, pack of nonsense, palaver, patter, piffle, poppycock, pour forth, prate, prating, prattle, prittle-prattle, ramble on, rant, rattle, rattle on, reel off, rigamarole, rigmarole, rodomontade, rubbish, run on, skimble-skamble, slobber, spout, spout off, stuff and nonsense, stultiloquence, talk away, talk nonsense, talk on, talkee-talkee, tittle-tattle, trash, trumpery, twaddle, twattle, twiddle-twaddle, vapor, vaporing, waffle, waffling, yak, yakkety-yak

Translations

Verb

to talk rapidly without making much sense

Bosnian: blebetati (bs), brbljati (bs) Bulgarian: говоря празни приказки (bg)

French: déblatérer (fr) Scottish Gaelic: bleadraig (gd)

Anagrams

• halbert